History of the town and city of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
By James Robert Pringle Published 1892
Higgins & Gifford, (Asa Gifford & Isaac Higgins) Manufacturers and
Dealers in all Kinds of Boats. — This representative and successful
boat factory was established in 1871 by Messrs. A. T. Gifford & I.
H. Higgins, both of whom are expert and experienced boat builders.
The factory is 85 feet long, 63 feet wide and three and a half
stories high, and the firm also utilize five adjoining commodious
buildings. During the busy season they employ fifty skilled workmen.
All descriptions of boats are built with dispatch. They have had 30
years' experience, and are the original builders of the sharp
sterned bottom seam, mackerel seine boats, used by all fishermen of
New England and the Provinces. The firm have furnished over 150
boats to the various departments of the United States Government.
They likewise built the three smallest crafts that ever crossed the
Atlantic Ocean, viz.: the Centennial, Captain Johnson; Nautilus,
Andrews Brothers; and the Little Western, Captains Norman and
Thomas. The Little Western made the return trip and landed at
Gloucester, Mass. The firm have built during the last fifteen years
3,500 boats of different kinds, and have given entire satisfaction
to patrons. They were awarded medals at the London exhibition of
fish and fisheries, 1883, for their unrivalled mackerel seine boat;
also for their excelsior life boat. Messrs. Higgins & Gifford are
both natives of Cape Cod.
HIGGINS ISAAC H 62 M W MA MA ESSEX 4-WD GLOUCESTER 1900
Name Age
Isaac H Higgins 62
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Isaac H. HIGGINS Self M Male W 42 MA Boat Builder MA MA
Harriett W. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 43 MA Keeping House MA MA
Chas.L. HIGGINS Son S Male W 17 MA At School MA MA
Elmer A. HIGGINS Son S Male W 1 MA MA MA
Eva GOTT Other S Female W 18 MA Servant MA MA
Source Information:
Census Place Ward Two, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
Family History Library Film 1254529
NA Film Number T9-0529 Page Number 435D
HIGGINS ISAAC H 32 M W MA MA BARNSTABLE PROVINCETOWN 1870
Name Age
Isaac H Higgins 32
Hattie N Higgins 34
Charles L Higgins 7
Hipsibel White 70
HIGGINS ISAAC H 22 M W MA MA BARNSTABLE PROVINCETOWN 1860
Name Age
Isaac H Higgins 22
Harriet Higgins 24 (this is a guess on this name, as census image is
very faded)
24 Sep 2008
Source: City Directory for Boston, Massachusetts - 1913
Advertisement for W.J. Higgins - Wholesale Importers and dealers
in Wines & Liquors
San Francisco Chronicle 19 June 1866
Page 3 W.B. Higgins
San Francisco Chronicle December
6-Dec-1867 Page 2
Dashaway Livery and Sale Company - Higgins & Co
27 Jul 2008
Source: Boston City Directory - 1897
Higgins & Co. - Wiring and Fitting Contractor
(Advertisement) Boston,
Massachusetts
W.J. Higgins Liquors (Advertisement)
- Operated by Frank J. Higgins - Boston, Massachusetts - 1913
Frederick - Higgins Co. Architectual Sculptors
Washington D.C. 1916
16 Jun 2008
The Daily Review - Decatur, Illinois - 1916 Feb 28
Advertisement for
Ryan & Higgins Clothliers
06 Apr
2008
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper - 1865
Advertisement for Higgins Millinery located at 126th
Avenue at Tenth Street, New York.
21 Jan
2008
The Fitchburg Sentinel (Massachusetts) March 25,1898
Charles H. Higgins - Veterinarian
16 Jan
2008
Richard P Higgins
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Horse Boots etc.
Charlestown Street ,Boston, Massachusetts
25 Oct 2007nt>
EM Higgins Grocers Rochester NY
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Alvira HIGGINS Self W Female W 56 NY Keeping House MA MA
Ezra M. HIGGINS Son W Male W 29 NY Retail Grocer NY NY
Source Information:
Census Place Rochester, Monroe, New York Family History Library Film 1254862
NA Film Number T9-0862 Page Number 123C
1888 & 1889 Rochester
City Directory
Name:
Ezra M. Higgins
Address: 59 State
469 Exchange is also given
Business Name: E. M. Higgins & Co.
Deals in groceries, wines, liquors,
1890 Directory
Name: Ezra M. Higgins
59 State, and (Higgins & Mathews)
469 Exchange is also given Deals in groceries, wines, liquors,
Census Scan
HIGGINS EZRA M 49 M W NY NY MONROE 6-WD ROCHESTER 1900
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Aug 2005
http://www.record-eagle.com/2005/jun/17higgins.htm
June 17, 2005
Record-Eagle/Sheri McWhirter
Larry B. Higgins, president of H & H Tube and Manufacturing in Vanderbilt, will retire this month,
ending 75 years of having a member of his family in charge of the company.
End of the line for the Higgins Family tradition ends with retirement
By SHERI MCWHIRTER
Record-Eagle staff writer
VANDERBILT - A 75-year tradition of having a Higgins at the helm of H&H Tube and Manufacturing
Company will end this month with a retirement. Current president Larry Higgins said he
postponed his retirement so he wouldn't miss the 75-year anniversary of the company, the largest
employer in the small Otsego County village of Vanderbilt. The company was founded by his grandfather
in 1930 and now has a redraw mill for brass and copper tubing in Vanderbilt and a fabrication mill in
Cheboygan.
"This company is based on families and the people who work here," said Cindy
Forman, a 30-year employee. "It's nice that a business has lasted this
long."
The company produced a wide variety of brass and copper products over the years for automobile,
refrigeration, plumbing, computer, medical supply and other industries. The latest is the musical instrument
industry. H&H produces valve tubes and crooks for brass instruments.
Clifford B. Higgins founded the company during the Great Depression and at first built wooden boxes
from timber cut in northern Lower Michigan. The boxes were used to ship products made at the Detroit plants
for the war effort.
"My grandfather had the fortitude to launch a brand new company in the middle of a depression," said
Larry B. Higgins, who has run the company since 1990, following his brother, father and grandfather. The Higgins' reign at H&H ends with retirement,
but the company will retain the name, which stands for Higgins and Higgins. The operation is so renowned for
high-quality products that Masco Corp. kept the trademark name in place when it purchased the smaller
company in 1999.
View 1920 MI Census Scan Clifford Higgins Page
One Page Two
. 1930 USA Census
Clifford B Higgins 40 Highland Park, Wayne, MI
born Maine
Head -General Manager -Brass & Iron company
Francis E Higgins born Maine 39 Highland Park, Wife
June H Higgins born Maine 17 Daughter
Clifford H Higgins born Maine 15 Son
Richard L Higgins born Michigan 9 Son
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Bernard Higgins
lawyer
Torrington Connecticut 1919
. . . . . . . . . . .
Baltimore 1870 for Barrett & Higgins
Wholesale Dealers in Hats, Caps & Straw Goods
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Richard T Higgins from
Litchfield county Connecticut
1903 Torrington Directory Connecticut
View 1900 CT Census Scan
Richard Higgins 35
View 1910 CT Census Scan
T Richard Higgins 43
. . . . . .
Source: Ohio State Gazetteer & Business Directory-Pub. by George W. Hawes 1860-61
"C. W. Higgins Proprietor "Plymouth House"
Charles W. Higgins
View 1860 Census Scan page
1 page
2 Plymouth House
. . . . . .
David Higgins Real Estate & Livery Stable
Meriden Directory 1925
. . . . . .
Michael Higgins
Mineral and Soda Water
Higgins Soda Water Meriden Directory 1876 Connecticut
. . . . ..
George W Higgins
Dairy Products
The Washington Post 1923 January 10
. . . . . .
http://www.fjhiggins.com/index.html
http://www.fjhiggins.com/AboutUs.htm
F. J. Higgins Funeral Home
4236 Washington Street
Roslindale,Massachusetts,02131
. . . . .
David Higgins
Milk and Cream Depot
1908 Connecticut
See 1900 CT Census
Scan David Higgins Family
See 1910 CT Census
Scan David Higgins Family
Francis J Higgins
Furniture
1958 CT
. . . . . .
Sweet Peas
Edgar A Higgins a href="1900-NY-HIGGINS-EDGAR-45.gif">1900
NY Census Scan
Edgar Higgins 1910 NY Census
Scan
1913 Norwich Connecticut
M C Higgins
1951 Norwich Connecticut
Higgins Electrical Supply
L E Higgins
Taunton MA
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